AN ADDITION TO MY RANT:
Since I have been involved in this thread, the posts begin and it's never ending. The back and forth is a battle of wills with few people willing to read and understand what others write. As a result, you've witnessed everything from threats to admissions that others are here trying to make it miserable for their political opponents.
So that I am not misrepresented, I'm going to tell those who are doing what they can to cause me problems instead of discussing the issue exactly how I feel.
The build the wall advocates want people out. They do not care about any alleged illegal immigration. The real objective is, they want people out. The problem is, an equal number of Americans DON'T share their sentiment. My view is very simple. Either the government doles out your "rights" based upon your citizenship or immigration status OR the government has limited authority over your unalienable Rights. So, do foreigners have Rights? The Declaration of Independence states:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
The number ONE issue here is that either we have Rights that are bestowed upon us at birth by a Creator OR rights are a privilege to be doled out by bureaucrats in government. Let's take gun control for a moment:
I see the Right to Life and Liberty to mean that I have a God given Right to keep and bear Arms as tools to defend my life with. I know the value of my life and will use the best tools I can afford regardless of how many gun laws are passed. My Rights supersede man made law.
Foreigners have a Right to Life and they have a Right to Liberty. Wher I live, we have a squirrel problem. So, the county has an approved way to allow residents to kill the squirrels and dispose of them. Well, if I go along with the presupposition that foreigners have no Rights, the government would so instruct me on how to kill them and dispose of their bodies. That principle of an unalienable Right to Life obviously applies to the foreigner as we cannot kill them if we think they are rodents. If they have a Right to Life, they have a Right to be here. That would come under the heading of a Right to Liberty.
Our government has a duty to protect the borders and provide for the general welfare; however, that does not extend to keeping people out. We have every Right and every responsibility to regulate the flow of people in and out of the U.S. Those who advocate for the wall have admitted it: their goal is to keep people out.
My objective is to keep America from being flooded by foreigners without jeopardizing their unalienable Rights. I'm not trying to keep them out and those who scream, curse and call me names while making baseless allegations don't want to admit that there are better ways to address the issue. Between the POLICE STATE and the Nanny State there is a workable solution that allows foreigners to work here without becoming citizens. There is a way to distribute entitlements and welfare to citizens while NOT allowing the foreigners to receive the benefits and privileges of citizenship.
There are ways to encourage employers to hire all American staffs without stepping on the employer's Rights. And, all of what I'm advocating does not cost money. It would actually save your tax dollars. We would not have to go to war AND the solution would not be undone by the next liberal administration. We would not be flooded by foreigners NOR would they be able to take control of our government. That is where I stand.